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As you will read at this link https://shorturl.at/lUYWZ “….Raby Castle in County Durham has been invited to join the Treasure Houses of England….a collection of ten important houses across the country dedicated to bringing their history and collections to a wider audience….”

Lord Barnard, owner of Raby Castle said: “The castle has a long history – these walls have seen the plotting of the Rising of the North, a Parliamentary stronghold in the Civil War and as the birthplace to the mother of Richard III and Edward IV….” Well, for Ricardians Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (see https://richardiii.net/richard-iii-his-world/his-family/cecily-neville-duchess-of-york-mother/) is obviously the most important part of Raby’s past.

Raby Castle re-opened to the public on Saturday 1st March following its annual winter maintenance and “….conservation programme to showcase its collection to visitors for the 2025 season and is now welcoming visitors seven days a week for the first time in its history….” For more information please visit: www.raby.co.uk/raby-castle .

For more information about the other Treasure Houses, please visit: www.treasurehouses.co.uk. The original ten are, in alphabetical order, Beaulieu, Blenheim Palace, Burghley House, Castle Howard, Chatsworth, Harewood House, Hatfield House, Holkham Hall, Leeds Castle and Woburn Abbey. Raby Castle is now number eleven.

by viscountessw.